On September 27th, Lufthansa announced that it will commence two new long haul flights to North America from Berlin's Tegel Airport (TXL) and Dusseldorf (DUS). Berlin, Germany (TXL) to New York (JFK): Starting November 8th, 2017 Lufthansa will add 5x weekly service between Berlin and New York City aboard the airline's Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Berlin-New... Continue Reading →

Today, Air Canada announced a sizable collection of new routes originating from both Toronto (YYZ) and Montreal (YUL). Remember, I wrote about the airline's recent announced growth out of Vancouver (YVR). So before you start reading, just realize that (on the route development front) this has been quite an impressive month for Air Canada. It... Continue Reading →

We have seen the importance of low cost carriers rise exponentially over the last few years. Of course, the prime example is Norwegian, which has done a fantastic job at shaking up the long haul transatlantic market from its various European hubs (London, Paris, Copenhagen). In an effort to combat the increasing competition with LCC's,... Continue Reading →

On Thursday, September 21st Delta announced a number of new transatlantic routes from their hubs in Atlanta (ATL), Los Angeles (LAX), and New York (JFK). Atlanta (ATL): Delta will be adding summer seasonal service from its mega hub in Atlanta to Lisbon, Portugal. The flight will operate on a daily basis from May 24th, 2018... Continue Reading →

This has been quite an exciting summer for Icelandic Aviation... On Thursday September 14th, Icelandair announced a new route between its hub in Reykjavik (KEF) and Dallas, Texas (DFW). This comes on the heels of the airline's late August announcement stating that it intends to launch a new route to Cleveland, Ohio (CLE). Reykjavik to Dallas:  Icelandair... Continue Reading →

On Wednesday, September 13th Qatar Airways announced its intention to launch non-stop service to Cardiff, Wales (CWL) from its hub in Doha, Qatar (DOH). The flight will commence operations on a daily basis starting May 1st, 2018 onboard Qatar's Boeing 787-8 aircraft. The airline outfits this plane in a two class configuration consisting of 22... Continue Reading →

Per a tweet from Will Horton (@winglets747) at CAPA: Cathay Pacific has announced that it is suspending service between Hong Kong (HKG) and Dusseldorf (DUS) effective March, 2018 (last bookable flight). This is unfortunate to hear, as the route is relatively new (commenced September, 2015). Currently, Cathay operates the route 4x weekly on board one of... Continue Reading →

Today (September 12th, 2017) United Airlines announced 4 new seasonal routes to Europe set to commence in summer 2018. The routes will originate from the airlines' hubs in Newark (New York), Washington D.C. and San Francisco. Newark (EWR) to Porto, Portugal (OPO): United will serve the Northern Portuguese city daily on board its Boeing 757 aircraft... Continue Reading →

Airlineroute is reporting that Philippine Airlines has updated their internal schedule indicating a change in their service to Toronto (YYZ). Up to this point, the flight has been operated with 1-stop via Vancouver (YVR) on board the airlines' 777-300ER aircraft. Starting December 2017, PAL plans to serve Toronto non-stop from its hub in Manila, thereby... Continue Reading →

On Friday, September 1st, Taiwan's China Airlines announced that it is analyzing the feasibility of a new route between its hub in Taipei and Ontario, California. For reference, Ontario sits about 45 minutes directly east of Los Angeles, and about 30 minutes west of San Bernardino. The airline asserts that the new route would ease the... Continue Reading →